# kalle
## Central Franconian
### Etymology

From Middle High German kallen, from Old High German kallōn, northern variant of challōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Compare Limburgish kalle, Dutch kallen, English call, Old Norse kalla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalə/
* (Kirchröadsj) IPA: /ˈkɑ.lə/

### Verb

kalle (third-person singular present kallt or kalt, past tense kallte or kallet, past participle jekallt or jekald)
* (chiefly Ripuarian, including Kirchröadsj) to speak; to talk; to chat
    Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).
* (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to call
* (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to give a name to

#### Usage notes

* The forms kallt, jekallt are Ripuarian; kalt, jekald are exclusively Kirchröadsj.
* The present participle forms are restricted to Kirchröadsj.

#### Synonyms

* moele (Kirchröadsj)
* sprääche (now often preferred under standard German influence)

#### Derived terms

* (Kirchröadsj) aafkalle
* bekalle
* (Kirchröadsj) droeskalle
* mitkalle
* (Kirchröadsj) oeskalle
* umkalle
* verkalle
* (Kirchröadsj) vuurkalle

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑlə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kal‧le
* Rhymes: -ɑlə

### Etymology 1

From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”). A relation with the verb kallen (“to chatter”, compare etymology 2 hereunder), claimed in some popular-scientific resources, exists at most through secondary association. Compare German Kalle.

#### Noun

kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)
* (Bargoens, dated slang) girl; lover; whore

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kalle
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kallen

## Elfdalian
### Noun

kalle
* indefinite dative singular of kall

## Limburgish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑ.lə/
* IPA: /ˈka.lə/
* Homophone: Kalle
* Hyphenation: kal‧le
* Rhymes: -ɑlə, -alə

### Verb

kalle
* (widespread variant) to talk, to speak, to chat
* (widespread variant, obsolete) to call
* (widespread variant, obsolete) to give a name to

#### Related terms

* Kalle (“conversation”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse kalla.

### Verb

kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)
* to call, name (give a name to)
* to call, shout
* to call somebody / something (e.g. a dog)

#### Derived terms

* kallesignal
* oppkalle
* påkalle
* sammenkalle
* såkalt
* tilbakekalle
* tilkalle

### References

* “kalle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

kalle (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kalle/kall)
* Alternative form of kalla

## Swedish
### Adjective

kalle
* definite natural masculine singular of kall

## West Flemish
### Etymology

Probably from Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”), whence at any rate German Kalle and Dutch kalle, both “girl, lover, whore”.

### Noun

kalle f
* despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
* stupid person

#### Synonyms

* zurkeltrutte
* gesgjitte
* seute